I was just working on my carving the other day and only now realise that I do exactly that same mistake as you point out in the beginning trying to touch the snow and often lose balance on heel side carves. Loving the grab cues that will guide me to stack the weight on the right place next time. Can't wait to try it out! Brilliant as always Malcolm.
Nice one, Malcolm!! I love how you explained de-cambering the board as you tilt it higher on edge!! And I love the animation that shows the pressure moving along the edge!! This is good stuff! Looking more dynamic there in your posi posi carving setup! So cool that you're trying it out. Thank you for mentioning my video. That's very kind of you!! I might be in Europe late January! We'll do a clip together, that'll be great! :-)
That was with riser pads on at the end too, boot drag is such an issue for me with my larger feet! Stay in touch, would be great to make some turns with you!
@@malcolmmoore what kind of riser pads do you use/would you suggest? I have size 12 boots and a 26.7 midwidth, but still it's such an iasue for me...any riser pads suggestions that work with the Cartel X or does that not matter which ones? Would love to get a bit higher angles to be able to carve a bit deeper
@@malcolmmoore alright, thanks. I couldn't find any so I thought I ask. Cool orange outfit btw, like the Japanese Orangeman ;) Merry Xmas and happy shredding
@@malcolmmoore we gotta get you on a Cheater 170W.... 275 waist.... Board rides like a dream! First Stranda I ever strapped into. Five turns in I was like "Oh shit... THIS is carving!" A new world with a new type of fun. The confidence boost an experienced rider gets out of 143cm of effective edge and the damping of the ash core is wild! Turns you into Superman of cord.
Hey Malcolm, The graphic that you've added in your videos showing where and when to apply pressure to the board is super helpful. That's why I recommend new riders to watch your videos. 👍🏽
Saw you riding last Saturday when I was on a lift. I've been working on some of the techniques you explain since last winter. Made lots of improvements on driving the board and not skidding. Great vids Malcolm.
That was heel drag, I have big feet US12, and it was simply the heels hanging over the edge of the board and digging into the snow. If you don't have big feet it won't be this issue!
I use a Donek snowboard with a waist of 27cm and shoes US8.5. The anchor is step on. My feet are not too big, but maybe due to the protruding ankle cup on the step on and Ryan Knapton's curving style, I still often face the problem of the back edge being out of bounds. Thank you Malcolm for explaining, which has convinced me of the same problem@@malcolmmoore
I use a Donek snowboard with a waist of 27cm and shoes US8.5. The anchor is a StepOn. My feet are not too big, but maybe due to the protruding ankle cup on the StepOn and Ryan Knapton's curving style, I still often face the problem of the back edge being out of bounds. Thank you Malcolm for explaining, which has convinced me of the same problem@@malcolmmoore
After 20y of carving this video really helped. Early edge change is golden and reverse camber move felt very unnatural at first but after getting it there was a constant smile on my face. Thank you for this
Love the shout out and acknowledgment to Lars! Great to see community thriving! Keep it up! Can’t wait to see your take and evolution into posi-posi! 😜
Just tried this and it is a game changer!!! I was always bringing my front arm across onto the toeside, and leaning for angle. That works but this angulation technique is so much more direct, just ‘bites’ in. Thank you Malcolm
At 6:55, love that you left that slide in there, haha. Happens to everyone. I've only managed to "bounce" out of a carve a few times in my life so far, where I actually popped off the ground at the end of a turn, but it's such a fun feeling, I'm gonna keep trying to make it work reliably for me. Personally, I ride with positive angles because I find it a lot more comfortable; and I think I'm so used to it that even riding in my normal goofy stance, but with a negative angle on the back foot, makes my foot hurt after a few runs. Probably gonna have to correct that, if I want more practice in riding switch 😆
The "bounce" you've experienced happens when you do down unweighted turns, whether carving or doing advanced turns, say on uneven terrain. It allows for the high board angle during the apex of the turn when your legs are extended, creating a ton of power to pop out of the turn/carve as you flex and unweight into the next turn. Easier said than done though! When you nail it, it's like a eureka moment.
@@78danhughesi think you're thinking of up unweighted turns but yes. jumping from carve to carve is like taking an up unweighted turn to the max and when you get it it's so fun
Thank you thank you thank you for not editing out that bit where you sat down. Love the videos, but was feeling very inadequate watching your seemingly endless perfection haha
I just wanted to say thank you for your videos! I started snowboarding three years ago and find your videos very informative and helpful. I also like the mix of carving input and beginner freestyle input on your channel. The linked video at the end is also awesome - thanks for the channel recommendation! Greetings from Germany :)
Malcolm, you have no idea how much this video helps me. I recall doing fore-aft movements across the turns because I felt much more in control of my edges while shifting the weight back during the turns, because I mimick a slight popat the end of a curve to unload the board just before the edge change because I try to avoid making the board stay flat as much as possible. I do that mostly because I'm afraid of how the board might behave when catching more speed so I end up doing something that resembles dolphin turns except I never leave the ground because my fat ass keeps me grounded lmao. Also my board is rather wide and doing so gives me room to shift my weight inside the new curve during the edge change. Perhaps I should find a stiffer board but I'm not sure if it's wise to ride something different while still learning. I would have loved something like the Dada you had, but I ended up picking a twinpig because, beside being cheaper at the time, I thought it was punishing enough to make me pick good habits from the get go and work on technique and posture. Speaking of which, I probably should have somebody film me but I might be bending forward a lot while trying to touch the snow, and I might have realized that when I lost control of my board it was because my center of mass, while being bent instead of laying low, was much more eccentric than it should have for the speed I was going at. I'm looking forward to my next trip to try and correct my mistakes, thanks as always for your videos, they are always tremendously helpful.
Hi Malcom, those our beautiful carves~ especially given +15 / -12 I also started fiddling with my stance and moved to +21 / -6 and found carving and speed more natural, as I was able to bend and manage my front to aft weight more nimbly. Love your vids Cheers
That fore/aft sidecut pressure graphic is nice. I'm a fan of VSR to initiate on a tighter radius in the front, and exit with a larger radius towards the tail. Particularly on steeps.
Something a clinician showed me over 20 years ago has helped my heelside carving over the years with a weak duck stance (I ride a lot of switch while teaching to give students a correct visual in demos). If you stay more aligned to the board (shoulders over the feet) on heelside carves, and put your back hand near/behind your butt as if you were about to put it in your back pocket, this keeps your arm's weight over(inside relative to the turn) the back foot, leading to less of a tendency to wash out the back end. Compared to opening your shoulders, which brings your back shoulder more toward the toe edge and must be counteracted by bringing your front shoulder closer to the snow on the inside of the turn, this allows a more aligned stance so maintains easier flexion and extension to deal with surface irregularities, key on heelside due to the lack of significant ankle joint use. The only downside of this is that you have to be sure of what's around you, as you don't have as much view to the heelside, unless your neck has the flexibility of an owl's.
U taught me the indy grab trick couple of years ago, now working on my toe side one using this front arm trick (i only SB a few days a year... 😢). Helped a great deal as it helped me to understand how upper body movement could help to increase or decrease the edge angle. (Cos i was like, stacked position, dont twist upper body, but then in this situation in order to press my back shin down harder, my hip and by extension upper body will twist a bit). Great tips, as always, v useful and effective, thanks 👍🏼
Amazing video, Malcolm! Very good tips in one video. Using your back foot in the middle to the end of the turn is crucial because otherwise you overload the front foot, which results in a skidded turn. Other tips are very good too. Like that you need to direct your hips towards the slope in the toe-side turn, not your arms. Thanks a lot!
Hi Malcolm, I'm going to challenge you to rethink your technique here. Having your shoulders more open at the beginning of the heel side turn helps create twist in the board over the lead foot to initiate the turn. That's good. Holding that body position has an unwanted effect at the finish of the heel side turn. Just like you want the edge angle steeper over the lead foot and more pressure over the lead foot to enter a turn, you want the opposite to finish the turn. You want more pressure and more edge angle over the rear foot by twisting the board in the opposite direction than holding your shoulders open on the heel side turn would allow. That's why you're trying to tuck your back knee to combat those forces which also moves your center of mass away from the rear foot and reduces range of motion. You also have a tendency to extend through the finish of the turn when the forces are building which would cause you to chatter out on steeper terrain or if trying to complete your turns across the fall line on harder snow. Think about torsional steering with slightly more edge angle and the center of mass slightly towards the lead foot to initiate turns on both edges. Your center of mass should be between your feet in the middle of the turn with no torsional twist. And then to finish the turn, you should have more edge angle over the rear foot and more pressure over the rear foot by having your center of mass move slightly towards the rear foot to complete turns and then there is a diagonal movement from the rear foot to the lead foot at transition to initiate the next turn. Try to make your extension movements more lateral and less vertical to maintain even pressure on the edge and use the rebound in that way rather than losing contact with the snow. Try completing some dynamic carved turns on steeper terrain while controlling your speed through turn shape without skidding by completing the turns across the fall line and don't allow the rear of the board to chatter out. If you can do this while tucking your knee and with dramatic vertical rises of the center of mass, I will be very surprised. A mentor once told me, I can't have an opinion until I stop tucking my knee. It took me a long time but I have finally unlocked the true secrets of carving. Would love to ride with you sometime. I think I could change your whole understanding of snowboarding. Think about a quiet and disciplined upper body with a stable center of mass and an active lower body that steers more than the upper body. You oftentimes show a dramatic upper body initiation to your turns rather than letting the movements happen from the feet up. Just a suggestion bro. I hope you have a great season.
You nailed it. The main thing I see is the opposite timing that one would desire if their goal is to maintain consistent pressure on the snowboard throughout the turn. Unfortunately, nobody talks about being most retracted at edge change on UA-cam, so there are no videos that I can tag for reference. Maybe somebody should change that? 😂 And yes, the stance is massively effecting the back knee tuck. It’s also preventing the natural squat position required to get low at edge change in addition to blocking range of motion aft to finish the turn. Ankles and toes and very powerful, and work best when in alignment with the knee and hip; which is impossible with a stance that isn’t mirrored. I too would invite Malcolm to change his perspective and movement patterns. Down-unweighting is phenomenal and should be talked about more online. It’s just so soft and flowy and everyone should try it. ❤
He is riding a duck stance. Not positive, positive angles. The movement patterns on race boards with posi posi angles is much different. If you look closely, you can see he twists the board giving much more edge angle at the finish of his toe side turns and has much more pressure over the rear foot. He does the exact opposite at the finish of his heel side turns because he is tucking his knee and has an open body position. Because of this, he can achieve a much more effective finish to his toe side than his heel side. This is one of the most common movement patterns and obstacles to a more effective heel side finish. Sometimes called the "soft rear foot". A rider should allow the lower body to rotate more than the upper body while shifting the center of mass aft without tucking the knee during the completion phase of the heel side turn to achieve more edge angle and pressure over the rear foot to finish the turn. Vertical changes of the center of mass infer a lack of consistent edge pressure. Extending late through the finish of the heel side turn increases pressure and causes chattering and makes the toe side initiation late.
Food for thought!! Thank you. Any vid with a seen explanation would be serious gold…i dont want to go pos / pos but would like to get a stranda for fun carving…;o
Really well explained, I like the diagram that shows the change in pressure zone during the frontside turn. You can also inform me which snowboard model is made especially for Strada carving, I'm 79 kg, thank you very much.
Excellent video, once more, and just what I have been waiting for 😃 as I do the 6:57 move too often 🙄 did you get caught with your heelcup? Happens to me a lot (with size12 boots, usually in softer snow). Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and expertise and spreading the joy & stoke! Merry Christmas and have a great season!! 🤙
If you ride goofy, replace the word youtube with the word mirrorthevideo in the address bar, It made a hell of a difference to me Malcolm delivering as always, Cheers
Another great Vid 🙌🙌 Taken on all of your advise over the last couple of years and all has worked out well except i have been experiencing lots of back leg knee pain and swelling. I,m hoping this is just down to me trying to still ride with a duck stance set up in this more open carving body position. Im hoping to experiment with a more posi posi stance at my next opportunity to see if this remedys the issue. Cant wait to see a Mal and Lars Colab 😂
@7:07 i'd suggest adding the importance of the 'building of torsional-flex-preload' ( torsionally twist, as you call it )that stores energy from the tip of the (rear) edges while weighted to the rear in the end of a turn, as a process to setup an edge change and a weight shifting forward, to help 'flip' you to the transition to the opposite (nose) edge it is to say the harder you load up the back foot while on edge, the more pop comes from the tail releasing its edge during an edge change and you can use that Fyi, if boot drag is an issue then you are limited, period.
Hi Malcom, I‘ve been watching your videos on and off for years now. They really helped me to improve my snowboarding technique a lot. Thank you for your work so much. Also I do find that only quite few „youtube instructors“ are able to explain the techniques so precisely and simply as you do! Anyways, I am still struggling to carve at higher speeds on my toe edge. I do wash out, even while applying pressure on my back foot. At the same speed I don’t have these problems on my heel edge. I’am pretty helpless and don’t know how to solve that problem. I also seeked help from an instructor which told me to apply more pressure on my front foot. That helped a little but I still wash out… Maybe you have an idea? Appreciate you time and work, keep up the good work!!! Regards Pete
Hey Pete, many thanks for the nice comment and glad you're enjoying the video. Ultimately without seeing you ride it is hard to diagnose what is causing you to wash out, and therefore my best tips are really just the ones in this video! It might be worth carving at slower speeds, making sure you are really leaving a pencil thin line through the entire turn, and then as you increase speed or gradient of slope, see what part of the turn washes out first. After the edge change, or closer to the end of the turn, and this will help you understand what is going on.
@@malcolmmoore Hey Malcolm, Thank you for your quick reply. I did watch the video over and over again. Next day after your answer I went out to give it another go. Finally I was able to improve that toe side turn by GRADUALLY applying pressure. Somehow I can do it on the heelside without being conscious about it. But on the toe side I really have to focus hard 🙈. Thank you again for your Vids!!! With best regards, Pete
I noticed I had quite a hard time not starting to bend over on the frontside and started to really push my knees towards the snow. Seems to also work to get the same posture you mention with your front arm. Love blue and mellow red pistes, because it gives you the right speed and when really pushing the board, you get a great rebound and go faster still!
You always time the videos perfectly for when they're needed! I quick question about posture/body position. Should this more open approach be ones standard on the slopes, or should the "shoulders stacked over board" kind of position be preffered in most situations still? What about in icy / steep terrain, where it is difficult to achieve grip? And thank you so much for all of the free resources you put out! I am contribute a lot of my progress last year to your teaching, and I can't wait to get going this year :) Best regards
Great explanation as always!!! Learned down unweighted turns last year, thanks to you!!!! If it's not too much trouble, can you make a video explaining the snowboard levels and how to understand in which level we are? 1000 Thanks again!!!! You are awesome!!
Been carving on my Freecarver 9000 lately using this technique and it's so addictive. Feels like flying. I've ordered a Biru for carving steep terrain where that big turning radius of my Freecarver isn't very nice. Looking forward to feel the 2m in sidecut difference 🙂
I just bought one. I'm putting my bindings on now. I don't think it's cut out for semi-circles. I think I'll finish my turns at a 30-45 degree angle and keep the energy moving downhill. What are your thoughts on how to ride this board?
@daveg5857 On steep you will need to end in 90° traverse to lose speed or do skidded speed checks (nothing wrong with that either). You can definitely make this board turn hard if you pressure it by straigthening your legs mid turn. Edge hold is phenomenal so just try 🙂
@@RobertoVillaLobby Thanks, Roberto. My current ride is a high-end BX board that's old and doesn't have nearly the spring-back this one does, but almost exactly the same effective edge and radius. How does it ride in the afternoon, when the groomers are all destroyed?
When I really started to explore full power squating on edge to dig the deepest trench I could, I would try to power out. Thinking at extension I would get more power. Now with a few seasons on.. I find i get way more power and control progressively squatting deeper through turn initiation and peak arc, at that point you then have a mariad of options to flow into.
Very nice. As a surfer I really like to push my carving you have here some really nice tip. You should consider an on-line course to practice some of the turns at home ;)
Double posy changed my snowboarding life, please try it out, go +9 +24 or even more exaggerated especially in the beginning to see how your whole body adapts, then you can tweak everything to however you like it, but simply going super posy posy will teach you a new style
interesting video as always ! With the help of your free videos on youtube i managed to ride the snowboard pretty good 1 1/2 years. Thats absolutly awesome. You mentioned that you do private lessons which you advertise on a platform/app. Which platform/app is it ?
I watched Lars' video a few weeks ago before finding this one and yours covers the subject of carving better in my opinion. I've been riding posiposi for years now and switched to hard boots last season. I still need to work on my heel side carves and will use some of your strategy to see if it clicks. One thing not covered is the Sidecut radius of the snowboard, most boards are between 6 and 8m and I would venture to guess the one in your video is between 8 and 10m. A bigger radius facilitates those longer drawn out carves. Good stuff, thanks
RE angles, I started with mild positive on the rear foot, and if I could guarantee I'd only ever be carving I'd stick with that. But in the real world, on a day out you hit all sorts of conditions, so I generally settled on running the back foot square!
Hi Malcolm, great instructional videos. Currently in Borovets. Conditions sunny , 3cm of snow on 23 dec 2023, but pistes fairly hard and icey. Trying to carve better but struggling. Had my board serviced, button nitro , new bindings but still struggling as pistes fairly steep. I know conditions tough but any advice on two points. 1. Stance setup to help. I have wanged up the back plate on binding to improve angle to make back turns more positive. 2. When on a flattish run , even on icey corduroy I keep nearly catching an edge. Thanks again Nick Ball, Liverpool UK
Ice sucks and is never great for carving as you can't trust your edges. The second drill in this video will help you with riding mellow slopes and in turn will help you practice your edge change for carving too. ua-cam.com/video/g53hSw4o8dg/v-deo.htmlsi=aV40rcHixx3q6mok As for stance setup etc, you can move closer to those positive angles, but again, that won't help with ice, it'll only help you if the conditions are already grippy! Very icy here too right now...
Hi Malcom, Not sure if this will help anyone but I had my button cartels binging me wanged up to 7 to help increase heel side carve. But this pushed both feet towards toe side, hence my stance was biased towards toe side. So I backed back he’ll plate off to zero and this improved feel but still struggling to be honest
Very nice tutorials Malcolm. In Tyrol, this has been a season with lots of heavy, slushy snow. Any thoughts on boarding those conditions ? Thanks & keep it up !
Will the pressure you put on your front foot control the arc of the turn? Like if I wanted a a big wide turn, I'd put less pressue there, and more pressure if I wanted a very short turn?
Awesome video Malcom, I was struggling to understand what people mean when they say camber profile allows you to load the board through the turn, and you have just explained it clearly. Another thing I am struggling to understand, and you touched on it a little bit in this video, is the role of the front and back foot which ultimately influence if you ride regular or goofy. I am a right footed person and usually it should mean I should ride regular, but when I tried both styles I found riding goofy was much more comfortable for me. The issue is I feel that I am missing out on something when I have my dominant foot on the front of the board, unlike most people where they have it at the back (i think). Should I force myself to ride regular as it might enhance my riding on the long run?
As a left-handed, right foot dominant person, who rides goofy, I say do whatever you feel most comfortable in. In snowboarding, there's the theory of what works, and then there's what works for an individual rider. If having your right foot in front is what works best for you, then you're goofy. Don't overthink it.
Hey Malcolm, love your videos. I'm looking to get the Biru for a fun carver for myself. For someone 6'2 210lbs (~1.8 meters, 100 kg) would you recommend the 157 or 154? Cheers
What are your thoughts on opening the body position for heel side, but closing for toe side? I feel like gradually closing my lead shoulder throughout the toe turn gives the same type of power that opening it does for the heel turn. Amazing video, I just discovered opening the body position on heelside carves last year, and it 100% changed my riding.
How do you find the balance between staying in a “stacked” position vs open body position. Is there a time for both or do you advocate for the open position all the time?
I think this explains a lot! Very good instructions. Sorry to say, wifey still does not get it…🤪 Will you be in Zermatt/Cervinia in January? We’re going to Cervinia on the 13th, would love to meet!
Hi Molcom! Thanks for your Videos I have a question. For an open ride, which is the best angle and position for the binding. I'm a goofy rider. Thanks for all. I hope you can answer
Here I'm riding +18 -9, theres no best position, but purely for carving then a more positive stance will help you get lower, that said I'm not sold on posi posi for all mountain riding. But you can experiment!
I was just working on my carving the other day and only now realise that I do exactly that same mistake as you point out in the beginning trying to touch the snow and often lose balance on heel side carves. Loving the grab cues that will guide me to stack the weight on the right place next time. Can't wait to try it out! Brilliant as always Malcolm.
Awesome, have fun!
Your videos have helped my snowboarding immensely, thank you!
Thank you so much!!! Happy to hear the videos are helping! Enjoy 🙌😊🙏
I love how you’re sharing other UA-camrs. I love his channel. Between your channel and his my knowledge gap is closing faster than I ever expected.
That is awesome!
Nice one, Malcolm!! I love how you explained de-cambering the board as you tilt it higher on edge!! And I love the animation that shows the pressure moving along the edge!! This is good stuff!
Looking more dynamic there in your posi posi carving setup! So cool that you're trying it out.
Thank you for mentioning my video. That's very kind of you!!
I might be in Europe late January! We'll do a clip together, that'll be great! :-)
That was with riser pads on at the end too, boot drag is such an issue for me with my larger feet! Stay in touch, would be great to make some turns with you!
@@malcolmmoore what kind of riser pads do you use/would you suggest? I have size 12 boots and a 26.7 midwidth, but still it's such an iasue for me...any riser pads suggestions that work with the Cartel X or does that not matter which ones? Would love to get a bit higher angles to be able to carve a bit deeper
@@Boardrider3x1 I found some old Palmer riser pads on eBay, I'm not sure I fully trust the mounting system though!
@@malcolmmoore alright, thanks. I couldn't find any so I thought I ask. Cool orange outfit btw, like the Japanese Orangeman ;) Merry Xmas and happy shredding
@@malcolmmoore we gotta get you on a Cheater 170W.... 275 waist.... Board rides like a dream! First Stranda I ever strapped into. Five turns in I was like "Oh shit... THIS is carving!" A new world with a new type of fun. The confidence boost an experienced rider gets out of 143cm of effective edge and the damping of the ash core is wild! Turns you into Superman of cord.
Hey Malcolm,
The graphic that you've added in your videos showing where and when to apply pressure to the board is super helpful. That's why I recommend new riders to watch your videos. 👍🏽
Thanks so much!!!
Saw you riding last Saturday when I was on a lift. I've been working on some of the techniques you explain since last winter. Made lots of improvements on driving the board and not skidding. Great vids Malcolm.
Thanks so much!! Only just seen this, hope you had a great holiday!!
I had some Ryan Knapton vibes watching these images! Awesome. The graphic that you've added is also very helpful as usual.
Awesome any comparison to Ryan is fine by me 😊😊
The best skiing series tutorial on the internet♥Can you explain the reason why the blade is lost after 6:56 seconds, because I often do this too
That was heel drag, I have big feet US12, and it was simply the heels hanging over the edge of the board and digging into the snow. If you don't have big feet it won't be this issue!
I use a Donek snowboard with a waist of 27cm and shoes US8.5. The anchor is step on. My feet are not too big, but maybe due to the protruding ankle cup on the step on and Ryan Knapton's curving style, I still often face the problem of the back edge being out of bounds. Thank you Malcolm for explaining, which has convinced me of the same problem@@malcolmmoore
I use a Donek snowboard with a waist of 27cm and shoes US8.5. The anchor is a StepOn. My feet are not too big, but maybe due to the protruding ankle cup on the StepOn and Ryan Knapton's curving style, I still often face the problem of the back edge being out of bounds. Thank you Malcolm for explaining, which has convinced me of the same problem@@malcolmmoore
After 20y of carving this video really helped. Early edge change is golden and reverse camber move felt very unnatural at first but after getting it there was a constant smile on my face. Thank you for this
Love the shout out and acknowledgment to Lars! Great to see community thriving! Keep it up! Can’t wait to see your take and evolution into posi-posi! 😜
Absolutely!
Malcom, your videos are the best. The way you break these concepts down is outstanding.
Thank you so much!!!
Just tried this and it is a game changer!!! I was always bringing my front arm across onto the toeside, and leaning for angle. That works but this angulation technique is so much more direct, just ‘bites’ in. Thank you Malcolm
Malcolm is the best snowboard instructor on UA-cam. Bar none!
Thanks 😊🫶✌️
Nice video! It’s exactly what I need right now. It’s easy to ride for years without realizing the power of these tips. Thank you so much!
No probs 😊✌️
The most clear, useful and detailed video about carving, thank you!❤
Thanks so much 😊✌️
At 6:55, love that you left that slide in there, haha. Happens to everyone.
I've only managed to "bounce" out of a carve a few times in my life so far, where I actually popped off the ground at the end of a turn, but it's such a fun feeling, I'm gonna keep trying to make it work reliably for me.
Personally, I ride with positive angles because I find it a lot more comfortable; and I think I'm so used to it that even riding in my normal goofy stance, but with a negative angle on the back foot, makes my foot hurt after a few runs. Probably gonna have to correct that, if I want more practice in riding switch 😆
The "bounce" you've experienced happens when you do down unweighted turns, whether carving or doing advanced turns, say on uneven terrain. It allows for the high board angle during the apex of the turn when your legs are extended, creating a ton of power to pop out of the turn/carve as you flex and unweight into the next turn.
Easier said than done though! When you nail it, it's like a eureka moment.
@@78danhughesi think you're thinking of up unweighted turns but yes. jumping from carve to carve is like taking an up unweighted turn to the max and when you get it it's so fun
@@lulunomu I believe it's down unweighted
I just watched Lars video yesterday and now you post this.
Can't wait to hit the slopes during Christmas!
Yeah best Christmas present 😊
Thank you thank you thank you for not editing out that bit where you sat down. Love the videos, but was feeling very inadequate watching your seemingly endless perfection haha
Haha 😂 got to show reality
Really love these advanced videos Malcolm!!
Thanks 😊😊
Good to hear you talk of posi angles, I ride Posi / Posi due to leg injuries and no desire to ride park particularly, and I love the control
The indy-melon tip was a game changer for me. Tried it today and it made a clear difference for getting the board on the edge. Great video!
Awesome 😊🏂✌️
Best carving tutorial ever. Thx Malcom.
Thanks you 🙏😊
More back foot hey, ok, I'm excited to try this tomorrow. Thanks for the tips!
I just wanted to say thank you for your videos! I started snowboarding three years ago and find your videos very informative and helpful. I also like the mix of carving input and beginner freestyle input on your channel. The linked video at the end is also awesome - thanks for the channel recommendation!
Greetings from Germany :)
Thanks so much 😊✌️
Awesome tips!! I've always wanted to be able to ride like this and now I have no excuse.
Thanks 🙏😊
Malcolm, you have no idea how much this video helps me.
I recall doing fore-aft movements across the turns because I felt much more in control of my edges while shifting the weight back during the turns, because I mimick a slight popat the end of a curve to unload the board just before the edge change because I try to avoid making the board stay flat as much as possible.
I do that mostly because I'm afraid of how the board might behave when catching more speed so I end up doing something that resembles dolphin turns except I never leave the ground because my fat ass keeps me grounded lmao. Also my board is rather wide and doing so gives me room to shift my weight inside the new curve during the edge change.
Perhaps I should find a stiffer board but I'm not sure if it's wise to ride something different while still learning. I would have loved something like the Dada you had, but I ended up picking a twinpig because, beside being cheaper at the time, I thought it was punishing enough to make me pick good habits from the get go and work on technique and posture. Speaking of which, I probably should have somebody film me but I might be bending forward a lot while trying to touch the snow, and I might have realized that when I lost control of my board it was because my center of mass, while being bent instead of laying low, was much more eccentric than it should have for the speed I was going at.
I'm looking forward to my next trip to try and correct my mistakes, thanks as always for your videos, they are always tremendously helpful.
Hi Malcom, those our beautiful carves~ especially given +15 / -12
I also started fiddling with my stance and moved to +21 / -6 and found carving and speed more natural, as I was able to bend and manage my front to aft weight more nimbly. Love your vids
Cheers
looking good on those posi/posi angles!🔥
Thank you 🙏😊😊
@@malcolmmooreWhat angles are you riding?
@@wooltron1 you should watch the end of the video where I say all my angles for different setups
This is so much like surfing! Amazing sport
Yeah it's incredible
Rode posi-posi for first time ever today. Im hooked! Crazy how comfortable it was from turn 1
I'll be doing some more this season for sure!
That fore/aft sidecut pressure graphic is nice. I'm a fan of VSR to initiate on a tighter radius in the front, and exit with a larger radius towards the tail. Particularly on steeps.
Thanks for the link to posi posi video at the end. That really helped me understand it.
No probs 😊✌️
Something a clinician showed me over 20 years ago has helped my heelside carving over the years with a weak duck stance (I ride a lot of switch while teaching to give students a correct visual in demos). If you stay more aligned to the board (shoulders over the feet) on heelside carves, and put your back hand near/behind your butt as if you were about to put it in your back pocket, this keeps your arm's weight over(inside relative to the turn) the back foot, leading to less of a tendency to wash out the back end. Compared to opening your shoulders, which brings your back shoulder more toward the toe edge and must be counteracted by bringing your front shoulder closer to the snow on the inside of the turn, this allows a more aligned stance so maintains easier flexion and extension to deal with surface irregularities, key on heelside due to the lack of significant ankle joint use. The only downside of this is that you have to be sure of what's around you, as you don't have as much view to the heelside, unless your neck has the flexibility of an owl's.
Great video and nice to see you link to Lars at the end. He has the best english language videos on posi/posi carving on YT imo
Yeah I agree 😊😊
U taught me the indy grab trick couple of years ago, now working on my toe side one using this front arm trick (i only SB a few days a year... 😢). Helped a great deal as it helped me to understand how upper body movement could help to increase or decrease the edge angle. (Cos i was like, stacked position, dont twist upper body, but then in this situation in order to press my back shin down harder, my hip and by extension upper body will twist a bit).
Great tips, as always, v useful and effective, thanks 👍🏼
Brilliant glad they help 🙌🤗
Amazing video, Malcolm! Very good tips in one video. Using your back foot in the middle to the end of the turn is crucial because otherwise you overload the front foot, which results in a skidded turn. Other tips are very good too. Like that you need to direct your hips towards the slope in the toe-side turn, not your arms. Thanks a lot!
Thanks so much 🙏🙏
At last someone that actually knows how to turn a snowboard. Ever tried a hard boat alpine board? Takes carving to a new level.
Hi Malcolm, I'm going to challenge you to rethink your technique here. Having your shoulders more open at the beginning of the heel side turn helps create twist in the board over the lead foot to initiate the turn. That's good. Holding that body position has an unwanted effect at the finish of the heel side turn. Just like you want the edge angle steeper over the lead foot and more pressure over the lead foot to enter a turn, you want the opposite to finish the turn. You want more pressure and more edge angle over the rear foot by twisting the board in the opposite direction than holding your shoulders open on the heel side turn would allow. That's why you're trying to tuck your back knee to combat those forces which also moves your center of mass away from the rear foot and reduces range of motion. You also have a tendency to extend through the finish of the turn when the forces are building which would cause you to chatter out on steeper terrain or if trying to complete your turns across the fall line on harder snow. Think about torsional steering with slightly more edge angle and the center of mass slightly towards the lead foot to initiate turns on both edges. Your center of mass should be between your feet in the middle of the turn with no torsional twist. And then to finish the turn, you should have more edge angle over the rear foot and more pressure over the rear foot by having your center of mass move slightly towards the rear foot to complete turns and then there is a diagonal movement from the rear foot to the lead foot at transition to initiate the next turn. Try to make your extension movements more lateral and less vertical to maintain even pressure on the edge and use the rebound in that way rather than losing contact with the snow. Try completing some dynamic carved turns on steeper terrain while controlling your speed through turn shape without skidding by completing the turns across the fall line and don't allow the rear of the board to chatter out. If you can do this while tucking your knee and with dramatic vertical rises of the center of mass, I will be very surprised. A mentor once told me, I can't have an opinion until I stop tucking my knee. It took me a long time but I have finally unlocked the true secrets of carving. Would love to ride with you sometime. I think I could change your whole understanding of snowboarding. Think about a quiet and disciplined upper body with a stable center of mass and an active lower body that steers more than the upper body. You oftentimes show a dramatic upper body initiation to your turns rather than letting the movements happen from the feet up. Just a suggestion bro. I hope you have a great season.
You nailed it. The main thing I see is the opposite timing that one would desire if their goal is to maintain consistent pressure on the snowboard throughout the turn. Unfortunately, nobody talks about being most retracted at edge change on UA-cam, so there are no videos that I can tag for reference. Maybe somebody should change that? 😂
And yes, the stance is massively effecting the back knee tuck. It’s also preventing the natural squat position required to get low at edge change in addition to blocking range of motion aft to finish the turn. Ankles and toes and very powerful, and work best when in alignment with the knee and hip; which is impossible with a stance that isn’t mirrored.
I too would invite Malcolm to change his perspective and movement patterns. Down-unweighting is phenomenal and should be talked about more online.
It’s just so soft and flowy and everyone should try it. ❤
He is riding a duck stance. Not positive, positive angles. The movement patterns on race boards with posi posi angles is much different. If you look closely, you can see he twists the board giving much more edge angle at the finish of his toe side turns and has much more pressure over the rear foot. He does the exact opposite at the finish of his heel side turns because he is tucking his knee and has an open body position. Because of this, he can achieve a much more effective finish to his toe side than his heel side. This is one of the most common movement patterns and obstacles to a more effective heel side finish. Sometimes called the "soft rear foot". A rider should allow the lower body to rotate more than the upper body while shifting the center of mass aft without tucking the knee during the completion phase of the heel side turn to achieve more edge angle and pressure over the rear foot to finish the turn. Vertical changes of the center of mass infer a lack of consistent edge pressure. Extending late through the finish of the heel side turn increases pressure and causes chattering and makes the toe side initiation late.
Dolphin turns popping out of each carve are a good way to practice this, noticed the same coming out of the heelsides in this video.
Food for thought!! Thank you. Any vid with a seen explanation would be serious gold…i dont want to go pos / pos but would like to get a stranda for fun carving…;o
Great video! Would love to see you riding more posi posi in future videos.
Another great vid on my favourite subject,and referencing open and posi/posi stances. Kudos for linking to @Justaride too. 👍
Yeah my favourite subject too!!
Off to Zermatt myself next week, so will deffo give these a go, cheers
Enjoy!! Love Zermatt 😍
The rebound on my new board is fun, but also tricky. Tossed me off balance today and I slammed pretty good. Spicy 🎉
Oof 😣 take it easy
Really well explained, I like the diagram that shows the change in pressure zone during the frontside turn. You can also inform me which snowboard model is made especially for Strada carving, I'm 79 kg, thank you very much.
Well done Malcolm 🫡
Thanks 😊😊
@@malcolmmoore I’m instructor as well. From Thailand your big fan.
Dang bro! No offense but your riding looks so much better! Really impressed. Thank you for sharing this knowledge!
Thanks ☺️☺️
You are either carving hard or hardly carving. Keep up the great videos!
Thanks so much 😊😊😊
Re @9:35, would love a video of your positive stance experiments and experiences. I tried last season with +/+ and keen for intel!
Excellent video, once more, and just what I have been waiting for 😃 as I do the 6:57 move too often 🙄 did you get caught with your heelcup? Happens to me a lot (with size12 boots, usually in softer snow). Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and expertise and spreading the joy & stoke! Merry Christmas and have a great season!! 🤙
Big fan and supporter since
Big up, thanks for all the love, comments and support since the early days!
Posi posi for life! Come join us Malcolm. We're a nice bunch.
Haha I could be swayed
If you ride goofy, replace the word youtube with the word mirrorthevideo in the address bar, It made a hell of a difference to me
Malcolm delivering as always, Cheers
Another great Vid 🙌🙌 Taken on all of your advise over the last couple of years and all has worked out well except i have been experiencing lots of back leg knee pain and swelling. I,m hoping this is just down to me trying to still ride with a duck stance set up in this more open carving body position. Im hoping to experiment with a more posi posi stance at my next opportunity to see if this remedys the issue.
Cant wait to see a Mal and Lars Colab 😂
@7:07 i'd suggest adding the importance of the 'building of torsional-flex-preload' ( torsionally twist, as you call it )that stores energy from the tip of the (rear) edges while weighted to the rear in the end of a turn, as a process to setup an edge change and a weight shifting forward, to help 'flip' you to the transition to the opposite (nose) edge
it is to say the harder you load up the back foot while on edge, the more pop comes from the tail releasing its edge during an edge change and you can use that
Fyi, if boot drag is an issue then you are limited, period.
Hi Malcom,
I‘ve been watching your videos on and off for years now.
They really helped me to improve my snowboarding technique a lot. Thank you for your work so much.
Also I do find that only quite few „youtube instructors“ are able to explain the techniques so precisely and simply as you do!
Anyways, I am still struggling to carve at higher speeds on my toe edge. I do wash out, even while applying pressure on my back foot.
At the same speed I don’t have these problems on my heel edge. I’am pretty helpless and don’t know how to solve that problem. I also seeked help from an instructor which told me to apply more pressure on my front foot. That helped a little but I still wash out…
Maybe you have an idea?
Appreciate you time and work, keep up the good work!!!
Regards Pete
Hey Pete, many thanks for the nice comment and glad you're enjoying the video. Ultimately without seeing you ride it is hard to diagnose what is causing you to wash out, and therefore my best tips are really just the ones in this video! It might be worth carving at slower speeds, making sure you are really leaving a pencil thin line through the entire turn, and then as you increase speed or gradient of slope, see what part of the turn washes out first. After the edge change, or closer to the end of the turn, and this will help you understand what is going on.
@@malcolmmoore Hey Malcolm,
Thank you for your quick reply.
I did watch the video over and over again.
Next day after your answer I went out to give it another go. Finally I was able to improve that toe side turn by GRADUALLY applying pressure.
Somehow I can do it on the heelside without being conscious about it.
But on the toe side I really have to focus hard 🙈.
Thank you again for your Vids!!!
With best regards,
Pete
I noticed I had quite a hard time not starting to bend over on the frontside and started to really push my knees towards the snow. Seems to also work to get the same posture you mention with your front arm. Love blue and mellow red pistes, because it gives you the right speed and when really pushing the board, you get a great rebound and go faster still!
The link you provided on posi-posi stance was excellent/
Yeah he's great 👍
Like your videos Malcolm! Could you make a video to explain the 'the board performance' and how to maximize it in complex terrain, like free runs?
I was worried you weren’t going to shout out the justaride video, but you never disappoint.
Had to do a shout out for sure!!
You always time the videos perfectly for when they're needed! I quick question about posture/body position. Should this more open approach be ones standard on the slopes, or should the "shoulders stacked over board" kind of position be preffered in most situations still? What about in icy / steep terrain, where it is difficult to achieve grip?
And thank you so much for all of the free resources you put out! I am contribute a lot of my progress last year to your teaching, and I can't wait to get going this year :) Best regards
all I needed!! thank you a LOT!
You're welcome!!
Excellent content as usual!!
Thanks!
stranda biru looks good is it a flex 7?
Love it!! Thanks Malcolm
Thanks 🙏😊
Great explanation as always!!! Learned down unweighted turns last year, thanks to you!!!! If it's not too much trouble, can you make a video explaining the snowboard levels and how to understand in which level we are? 1000 Thanks again!!!! You are awesome!!
Trying different gear and knowing what you want out of your riding will always be best.
Thanks so much!! And yeah I'll put that on my list 😊🙌✌️
Been carving on my Freecarver 9000 lately using this technique and it's so addictive. Feels like flying. I've ordered a Biru for carving steep terrain where that big turning radius of my Freecarver isn't very nice. Looking forward to feel the 2m in sidecut difference 🙂
I just bought one. I'm putting my bindings on now. I don't think it's cut out for semi-circles. I think I'll finish my turns at a 30-45 degree angle and keep the energy moving downhill. What are your thoughts on how to ride this board?
@daveg5857 On steep you will need to end in 90° traverse to lose speed or do skidded speed checks (nothing wrong with that either). You can definitely make this board turn hard if you pressure it by straigthening your legs mid turn. Edge hold is phenomenal so just try 🙂
@@RobertoVillaLobby Thanks, Roberto. My current ride is a high-end BX board that's old and doesn't have nearly the spring-back this one does, but almost exactly the same effective edge and radius. How does it ride in the afternoon, when the groomers are all destroyed?
@daveg5857 yea this plows through everything but on really bad parts where you can't carve it's a bit heavy to whip around.
@@RobertoVillaLobby Yep. What do you switch to? Do you pull another arrow from the quiver or call it a day?
Thank you. Now I understand the issue; Someone told me that I need to put pressure to back feet as I were leaning forward.
When I really started to explore full power squating on edge to dig the deepest trench I could, I would try to power out. Thinking at extension I would get more power. Now with a few seasons on.. I find i get way more power and control progressively squatting deeper through turn initiation and peak arc, at that point you then have a mariad of options to flow into.
Well said
Hi Malcom, great content! Why did you washed out on min 6:57, it happens to me often (I don’t think it’s from booting out ).
Very good explanation of changing the balance from front to back foot! Could you tell what was the piste you were filming at Zermatt?
Class video, Malcolm, thanks! Really nicely explained and some great stuff to work on. And my Biru is arriving tomorrow 🏂
Great choice enjoy!!!!
Very nice. As a surfer I really like to push my carving you have here some really nice tip. You should consider an on-line course to practice some of the turns at home ;)
Thanks so much!!!
Double posy changed my snowboarding life, please try it out, go +9 +24 or even more exaggerated especially in the beginning to see how your whole body adapts, then you can tweak everything to however you like it, but simply going super posy posy will teach you a new style
interesting video as always ! With the help of your free videos on youtube i managed to ride the snowboard pretty good 1 1/2 years. Thats absolutly awesome.
You mentioned that you do private lessons which you advertise on a platform/app. Which platform/app is it ?
I used to be on skibro but now I'm independant, my website is in the description of the videos 😊✌️
Whats up with that UFO at 2:29 ??
That’s what I just asked. Came here from reddit
👽
I loved this video. Do you ever ride switch? So much fun snowboarding.
Yeah I do, but not as hard, more when I'm cruising around jibbing!
Excellent video! Thank you so much. Can you share your setting and equipment information? I would appreciate it.
Great Bro …!Merry Christmas everybody 🎉
Cheers bro happy new year to you too!!
I watched Lars' video a few weeks ago before finding this one and yours covers the subject of carving better in my opinion. I've been riding posiposi for years now and switched to hard boots last season. I still need to work on my heel side carves and will use some of your strategy to see if it clicks. One thing not covered is the Sidecut radius of the snowboard, most boards are between 6 and 8m and I would venture to guess the one in your video is between 8 and 10m. A bigger radius facilitates those longer drawn out carves. Good stuff, thanks
Actually the board he uses in the videa has a 7,1 to 6,9 meter sidecut radius
RE angles, I started with mild positive on the rear foot, and if I could guarantee I'd only ever be carving I'd stick with that. But in the real world, on a day out you hit all sorts of conditions, so I generally settled on running the back foot square!
I've actually just made a video on posi posi angles, coming out next week
Amazing breakdown Malc, helps a whole bunch, thanks, thoughts on the Biru ?
I'm a big fan 😊😊😊
Are you riding the 157 or 154? Thanks, nice video apologies if you answered this before I looked but couldn’t find info
Carving is fun!
Absolutely!
Love your videos! What size of the Biru do you ride?
Hi Malcolm, great instructional videos. Currently in Borovets. Conditions sunny , 3cm of snow on 23 dec 2023, but pistes fairly hard and icey. Trying to carve better but struggling. Had my board serviced, button nitro , new bindings but still struggling as pistes fairly steep. I know conditions tough but any advice on two points. 1. Stance setup to help. I have wanged up the back plate on binding to improve angle to make back turns more positive. 2. When on a flattish run , even on icey corduroy I keep nearly catching an edge.
Thanks again
Nick Ball, Liverpool UK
Ice sucks and is never great for carving as you can't trust your edges. The second drill in this video will help you with riding mellow slopes and in turn will help you practice your edge change for carving too. ua-cam.com/video/g53hSw4o8dg/v-deo.htmlsi=aV40rcHixx3q6mok
As for stance setup etc, you can move closer to those positive angles, but again, that won't help with ice, it'll only help you if the conditions are already grippy! Very icy here too right now...
Hi Malcom,
Not sure if this will help anyone but I had my button cartels binging me wanged up to 7 to help increase heel side carve. But this pushed both feet towards toe side, hence my stance was biased towards toe side. So I backed back he’ll plate off to zero and this improved feel but still struggling to be honest
Subscribed. Amazing video.
What happen if the pist is nit perfect? Still easy to carve or will be impossible?
It's definitely easier to carve on a groomed piste!!
Grat video thank you Malcolm!!!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
thank you Malcom :)
Very nice tutorials Malcolm. In Tyrol, this has been a season with lots of heavy, slushy snow. Any thoughts on boarding those conditions ? Thanks & keep it up !
ua-cam.com/video/PB5xP033gpA/v-deo.htmlsi=xuxItLFmVeDSPjnI
Here you go!
Love the look of that Stranda Biru board. Could an intermediate level rider handle it?
Compared to my park board it feels pretty stiff, but it's not really compared to some boards, so I think it's pretty approachable 👌
heya, could you give some reference binding angles and stance guides in order to learn to carve easier?
I talk about this at the end of the video
Will the pressure you put on your front foot control the arc of the turn? Like if I wanted a a big wide turn, I'd put less pressue there, and more pressure if I wanted a very short turn?
Nice video! BTW what's the brand of the orange color suite at the end of the video! love the color! any link for it?
Rome, it's an older one that I used for a resort photo shoot I did, pretty bright, looks good in adverts!
Awesome video Malcom, I was struggling to understand what people mean when they say camber profile allows you to load the board through the turn, and you have just explained it clearly.
Another thing I am struggling to understand, and you touched on it a little bit in this video, is the role of the front and back foot which ultimately influence if you ride regular or goofy. I am a right footed person and usually it should mean I should ride regular, but when I tried both styles I found riding goofy was much more comfortable for me. The issue is I feel that I am missing out on something when I have my dominant foot on the front of the board, unlike most people where they have it at the back (i think).
Should I force myself to ride regular as it might enhance my riding on the long run?
As a left-handed, right foot dominant person, who rides goofy, I say do whatever you feel most comfortable in. In snowboarding, there's the theory of what works, and then there's what works for an individual rider.
If having your right foot in front is what works best for you, then you're goofy. Don't overthink it.
Hey Malcolm, love your videos. I'm looking to get the Biru for a fun carver for myself. For someone 6'2 210lbs (~1.8 meters, 100 kg) would you recommend the 157 or 154? Cheers
157
6:55 any tips for avoiding this slide out? Toe side carving for me is great but I often slip out on heel side.
What are your thoughts on opening the body position for heel side, but closing for toe side? I feel like gradually closing my lead shoulder throughout the toe turn gives the same type of power that opening it does for the heel turn. Amazing video, I just discovered opening the body position on heelside carves last year, and it 100% changed my riding.
How do you find the balance between staying in a “stacked” position vs open body position. Is there a time for both or do you advocate for the open position all the time?
Becouse of this awesome video I ordered a Biru 😅
You won't be disappointed!
I think this explains a lot! Very good instructions. Sorry to say, wifey still does not get it…🤪 Will you be in Zermatt/Cervinia in January? We’re going to Cervinia on the 13th, would love to meet!
Sorry just seen this, unfortunately I'm in France now, alpe d'Huez. Was in Switzerland for the pre season, enjoy cervinia!!
Hey Malcolm, what binding stance do you use? :)
Hi Molcom! Thanks for your Videos
I have a question. For an open ride, which is the best angle and position for the binding. I'm a goofy rider. Thanks for all. I hope you can answer
Here I'm riding +18 -9, theres no best position, but purely for carving then a more positive stance will help you get lower, that said I'm not sold on posi posi for all mountain riding. But you can experiment!